Bandari F.C. (Kenya)

Bandari Football Club is a Kenyan football club based in Mombasa. The team play their home games at the Mbaraki Sports Club and the Mombasa County Stadium (the latter having four times greater seating capacity), and currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League after finishing the 2012 FKF Division One season as champions of Zone A.

Bandari F.C.
Full nameBandari Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Bandar
Dockers
Founded1985 (as Bandari FC)
GroundMbaraki Sports Club
Capacity15,000
OwnerKenya Ports Authority
ChairmanCapt. William Ruto
Head CoachKennedy Odhiambo
LeagueKenyan Premier League
2018–192nd

The team played from 1960 to 1978 as LASCO Football Club, followed by an eight-year run as Cargo Football Club. In 1985, the club merged with the Kenya Ports Authority team to form Bandari FC.[1]

The club had played previously in the Kenyan Premier League, but was relegated after the 1997 season. Bandari was the first runners up in the KPL 2017,2018 and won the KPL SportPesa Supercup 2018 to earn a CAF CONFEDERATION CUP Qualifications spot.

The Dockers were placed against Al Ahly Shendi of South Sudan and Drew nil nil on home turf before drawing one one away to Shendi in Sudan eliminating the Sudan based side. The second round they were placed with US Ben Guardane of Tunisia, and eliminated them in similar fashion [2] The team was disbanded in 1999. It was revived in 2004 and rapidly promoted from lower leagues back to the premier league.[1] The club reached the final on Kenyan Cup in 1986 but was beaten by Gor Mahia (who qualified for the African Cup Winners' Cup and won the tournament).[3]

Honours


2015


2016

Management
Position Staff
Coach Kennedy Odhiambo
Board of Trustees chairman Capt. William Ruto
Media Liaison Officer Steven Heywood
Club Chief Executive Officer Edward Christopher Oduor
Club Treasurer Ngumbao
Club Security Manager Albert Ogari

Last updated: 1 February 2016
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Performance in CAF competitions


2016
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References
  1. http://www.kpl.co.ke/content.asp?id=15245 Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine KPL profile
  2. RSSSF – Kenya 1997
  3. Red Berets escape on final day as Bandari bow out


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